Barnsley got 2024-2025 up and running with an impressive victory in their first away League One game of the season.
It is the first time Barnsley have won their opening away league game of a season since 2018-2019 when they won both their opening home and away game.
That was also the last season Barnsley scored twice in their opening away league game.
It is only the second time in 10 years the Reds have won their opening away league game, also doing so in 2014-2015.
In all competitions Barnsley are unbeaten in their opening two away games for the second successive season.
Barnsley have had all three results in their opening three matches, a defeat against Mansfield, a draw at Wigan and a win at Lincoln, the first time this has occurred in the opening three games since 2015-2016 when it also came in the same order and competitions as this season.
This win ended a run of four successive away league defeats in a regular season which is how they ended 2023-2024, however they did win the away leg in the play-offs at Bolton.
Lincoln’s consolation goal means Barnsley have gone 13 away games in all competitions without a clean sheet, stretching back to January and a 1-0 win at Oxford which is their only away clean sheet in 2024 and one of only two overall this calendar year.
They have now scored in 20 successive away league games (including playoffs) their longest streak since a 23 game run from October 1933 to September 1934.
This is the second time in three seasons that Barnsley’s opening home and away league has produced the same scoreline (2-1 defeat and 2-1 win) also happening in 2022-2023 when they lost 1-0 at Plymouth and then defeated Cheltenham by the same score.
Sam Cosgrove’s opener was his seventh goal for the club, five of which have come away from home.
Marc Roberts’ game clinching header was his first Barnsley goal in seven years since scoring in a 2-0 Championship win at Blackburn in April 2017.
This was Barnsley’s first victory in six meetings with Lincoln and their first league success in 11 dating back to 1973.
After a 4-1 Oakwell win in April 1973, the three victories they had managed against the Imps in the following 16 meetings had all come in the League Cup.
This was Barnsley’s first league victory at Lincoln in six such visits dating back to December 1972 (D3L2) however they are unbeaten in their last five visits in all competitions (W3 D2)
Out of Barnsley’s last five regular season wins this was the first in which they have had less than 50% ball possession.
Despite scoring twice Barnsley only managed six shots, their lowest amount for 42 matches since also only managing six in a 1-1 draw with Leyton Orient in October 2023.
It is their lowest amount in a match they have gone on to win since December 2022 when they only had four in a 2-1 away win at Peterborough.
Three of those shots were on target, their lowest in a winning effort since the 1st April when all three went in during a 3-1 victory at Burton.
Barnsley Team:
1. Gabriel Slonina
6. Mael de Gevigney
5. Donovan Pines
4. Marc Roberts
2. Barry Cotter
8. Adam Phillips
18. Matthew Craig
48. Luca Connell
32. Josh Earl
36. Max Watters
9. Sam Cosgrove
Substitutes:
3. Jon Russell (for Craig 56)
19. Aiden Marsh (for Watters 56)
15. Kyran Lofthouse (for Cotter 78)
17. Georgie Gent (for Phillips 88)
Unused Substitutes:
23. Ben Killip, 35. Kacper Lopata, 7. Corey O’Keeffe.
Lincoln Team:
1. George Wickens
23. Sean Roughan
5. Adam Jackson
15. Paudie O’Connor
2. Tendayi Darikwa
10. JJ McKiernan
6. Ethan Erhahon
8. Tom Bayliss
17. Dylan Duffy
18. Ben House
27. Jovon Makama
Substitutions:
28. Jack Moylan (for McKiernan 53)
22. Tom Hamer (for Jackson 75)
34. Freddie Draper (for Makama 75)
29. Rob Street (for House 85)
Unused Substitutes:
31. Zach Jeacock, 16. Dom Jefferies, 14. Conor McGrandles.
SkyBet League One Results:
SATURDAY 17TH AUGUST 2024:
Charlton Athletic (4th) 1-0 Leyton Orient (20th)
Berry 90+2
Shrewsbury Town (24th) 1-4 Peterborough United (11th)
Winchester 21
Poku 23
Poku 58
Randall 87
Randall 88
Blackpool (23rd) 0-3 Stockport County (1st)
Barry 67
Fevrier 84
Olaofe 90+4
Cambridge United (21st) 0-1 Crawley Town (3rd)
Adeyemo 86
Huddersfield Town (2nd) 2-1 Stevenage (15th)
Koroma 26
Wiles 52
White pen 90+5
Lincoln City (12th) 1-2 BARNSLEY (13th)
Cosgrove 13
Roberts 47
House 72
Mansfield Town (6th) 3-3 Burton Albion (17th)
Evans 4
Bodin 7
Armer og 45+1
Whitfield 69
Bodin 81
Gregory pen 90+7
Northampton Town (14th) 2-1 Exeter City (16th)
Crama 8
Morton 65
McGeehan 77
Reading (5th) 2-0 Wigan Athletic (22nd)
Savage 7
Ehibhatiomhan 57
Rotherham United (18th) 0-0 Bristol Rovers (10th)
Wycombe Wanderers (19th) 2-3 Birmingham City (7th)
Bielik og 22
May 31
Harris 68
Willumsson 82
Vokes 90
SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST 2024:
Bolton Wanderers (9th) 0-0 Wrexham (8th)
Barnsley lie in 13th place in Sky Bet League One with 3 points from 2 games. We are 1 point off the Play-Offs, 3 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 3 points off First Place and 3 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 18/8/24
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Football League Trophy: Barnsley v Manchester United 21s, Tuesday 20th August 2024. Kick Off: 7pm
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Four: Crawley Town v Barnsley, Saturday 31st August 2024. Kick Off: 3pm